Evan Narcisse

Dropping out of the sky like a meteorite during the VGX, No Man's Sky is the game that's
seemingly captured the imagination of every video game enthusiast on the
planet. But, aside from the amazing
trailer, there's not a whole lot known about Hello Games' cosmically
ambitious game. Here's the info we've found scattered about the galaxy.

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In interviews with various websites, the devs at Hello have
mentioned that players will be starting at the edge of space heading
to the center of the galaxy. It'll be the same universe for all the game's
connected players but individuals will be able to blaze their own trails with
consequences that will ripple outward.

"Every planet and every star-system in the game
is created procedurally, but they all make sense and have ecology. Once they
are discovered by one player, they exist for everyone else, and so the act of
discovery is also an act of creation. Having said that, according to Murray,
players can make significant changes to the places that they visit that endure
for everyone else. [Polygon]

Grant [Duncan, the art director] said it the
other day. 'Is this the first game that doesn't have a skybox?' It's such a
weird thing, it's such a techie thing, but that should be our opener: the first
game with no skybox."

Everyone who plays No Man's Sky will begin the
adventure on their own planet at the edge of a shared galaxy. [Eurogamer]

Any planet you discover on your journey is
marked on your galactic map, along with its name, its atmosphere and what
resources you found there. If you choose to, you can then share that
information with every other player, uploading it so that it's shared across
everyone's galactic map.

You'll get credit for discovering it. You'll also, if
the materials there are valuable, attract players to come visit.

"How it is at the moment, is that you can't die, but
you can lose everything…There is no saved game. Your game will be saved, your progress
is saved all the time as you go along, but if your ship is destroyed then you
go back to a lifepod and you've lost that ship, and that is your everything."

"You are not going to boot up the game and find a 15
minute tutorial. You are not going to find a classic RPG structure.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but our
background is as console developers, and I think everything about the game
bears hallmarks of that. In terms of your controls, in terms of the fluidity of
the game, this is not a quirky, hard-to-decipher experience." [Rock
Paper Shotgun]

Read through the write-ups and you'll see mentions of how other players will be able to barter or grief each other No Man's Sky
's huge unpredictable science-fiction creation. It sounds like each player will have the chance to leave their mark in the shared galaxy, which might be just the most enticing thing about No Man's Sky
.